Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39), The Skylark, 1850
- Title:
The Skylark
- Date:
- 1850
- Medium:
- Etching and drypoint on thick, smooth, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 1/2 inches (28.3 x 21.6 cm), Plate: 4 13/16 x 4 1/2 inches (12.3 x 11.5 cm), Image: 3 7/8 x 2 15/16 inches (9.8 x 7.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left below plate marks: "A.2.iv."; inscribed in graphite, lower left [in different hand?]: "From Collection of J. Linnell. Junr."; inscribed in graphite, lower left [in different hand?]: "2651"; inscribed in graphite, lower center [in different hand?]: "The Skylark"; inscribed in graphite, lower center to lower right: "[?Scarce] State before plate was cut down. | AHP."; inscribed in graphite, lower left [in different hand?]: "[?India]"; inscribed in graphite in Martin Hardie's hand, lower right: "M.H."; inscribed in graphite, lower left on back: "From Collectn of J Linnell Jnr"
Lettered lower left within image: "S. Palmer"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.10931
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | bird | chimney | corn | cottage | dog (animal) | fence | field | figure | gate | genre subject | hat | hills | landscape | man | staff (walking stick) | stick | thatch | trees | wheat
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29357
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